OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

4^TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES

September 27, 2016

4:00 p.m.

Location: City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

In attendance: Council Members Lori Boyer (President), Greg Anderson, Danny Becton, Aaron Bowman, Anna Lopez Brosche, Doyle Carter, John Crescimbeni, Garrett Dennis, Al Ferraro, Reginald Gaffney, Bill Gulliford, Tommy Hazouri, Jim Love, Joyce Morgan, Sam Newby, Matt Schellenberg and Scott Wilson

Also: Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston and Susan Grandin – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman, Kyle Billy and Brian Parks – Council Auditor’s Office; Philip Zamarron – Legislative Services Division; Steve Cassada – Council Staff Services; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; John Pappas and Lin White – Public Works Department; Sam Mousa, Ali Korman-Shelton, Jessica Baker and Jordan Elsbury – Mayor’s Office; Paul Crawford – Office of Economic Development; Bill Killingsworth and Folks Huxford – Planning and Development Department; Mike Weinstein – Administration and Finance Department; Michael Corrigan and Sherry Hall – Tax Collector’s Office; Jerry Holland – Property Appraiser; Chief Kurtis Wilson – Fire and Rescue Department; Chief Larry Schmitt – Sheriff’s Office

Meeting Convened: 4:05 p.m.

Finance Committee: Council Member Brosche reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

Rules Committee: Council Member Dennis reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

PHS Committee: Council Member Newby reported that all of his committee’s actions had been previously covered.

TEU Committee: Council Member Ferraro reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

NCIS Committee: Council Member Wilson reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

LUZ Committee: Council Member Becton reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that 2016-68 (small scale land use amendment on Lem Turner Road) does not have a substitute as marked on the agenda; the bill will be simply moved for approval.

Council Member Schellenberg requested discharge of 2016-525 (rezoning on San Jose Boulevard) from the LUZ Committee and addition to the addendum to the agenda for action tonight. President Boyer cautioned that she has received 3 requests to discharge bills from committee for action tonight, most or all of which will require amendments. She cautioned that with the budget ordinance and all its companion bills being on the agenda for final action tonight, adding these additional bills may make for a very lengthy evening. Two of the bills do not have reports from the LUZ Committee, so if the Council wishes to act tonight, it will need to hear testimony and build a record justifying its action. Instead of exercising the President’s prerogative to place items on an addendum, she will ask for a motion and a vote to discharge on each of the bills. In response to a question about the proper procedure, Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman explained the Council Rules regarding discharge of bills from committee (which requires a 2/3 vote) and adding bills to the addendum to the agenda (also a 2/3 vote required), after which the bills would be debated, amended and moved as usual.

Council Member Gaffney announced that he would be abstaining from voting on 2016-569 (appropriating $5.5 million in federal HIV/AIDS grant funds to a variety of authorized uses) because his employer is one of the recipients of the grant proceeds.

President Boyer noted that 2016-507 (adopting the 2017-21 ITECH capital plan) will have a floor amendment. The lease has not yet been received by the General Counsel’s Office for 2016-545 (approving a lease between the City and Crocker Partners V Freedom LLC for office space in a building on Liberty Ridge Drive for a JSO sub-station); the bill is marked for postponement, but it may be more appropriate to re-refer it to committee for the committee to review the lease when it is received.

The President announced that dinner is being provided and the Council will take a meal break at 7 p.m., or earlier if all business other than the budget has been completed prior to that time.

The council members who had proposed floor amendments to the budget gave brief summaries of the intent of those amendments.

Special Committee topics for next week’s committees

TEU: School Board and City relations with regard to school safety zones and crosswalks

PHS: bicycle and pedestrian safety issues

Finance: allowable uses for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding; City grant writing processes and grant coordination with the independent authorities

Rules: continuation of review of boards and commissions – Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville Housing and Community Development Commission, and Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority

LUZ: the committee will hear an appeal

NCIS: foreclosures, including the batch foreclosure process, and their impact on blight.

Meeting adjourned: 4:46 p.m.

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

9.27.16 Posted 5:30 p.m.

Tapes: Council agenda meeting – LSD

9.27.16